Pondera County in Montana is a small area of just over 3,400 individuals. Despite its size, the people of Pondera County are not without political representation. The county is under the jurisdiction of the state government, which includes senators and representatives in both chambers of the Montana state legislature. On a local level, municipal governments like that of the county seat Conrad set their own laws and regulations to ensure efficient governance in their particular town. Other elected officials at the county level include sheriff, coroner, treasurer, county commissioner, and justice of the peace. All these individuals have a vested interest in making sure that Pondera County is a safe and equitable place for its residents to live. Through their work on various initiatives such as zoning ordinances, budgeting decisions, and public safety measures, these elected officials aim to make Pondera County an even better place than it already is.
The political climate in Pondera County, MT is very conservative.
In Pondera County, MT 30.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pondera county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.2%.
Pondera county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pondera County, MT is very conservative.
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Montana is moderately conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Pondera, Montana: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Pondera County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $9,776 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $31,026 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $374 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)